MIDDLEBURY — Police are searching for a suspect in the shooting of a 65-year-old man early Saturday.

Middlebury Police said they received a 911 call from the unidentified victim who said he had been shot outside his apartment on Jackson Lane.

Police did not say how badly the victim was wounded.

The man, who was taken to the hospital for treatment, described the shooter as a male, age 17 to 19, about 6 feet tall with a thin to average build and a goatee. The man was wearing blue jeans and a dark vest.

Police said the shooter was accompanied by two people, but no description of them was available. The victim last saw them running south on Jackson Lane.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Kris Bowdish at 388-3191 or by email at kkbowdish@middleburypolice.org.